The influence of the shape and configuration of sensitizer molecules on the efficiency of DSSCs: a theoretical insight.

ABSTRACT: The sensitizer is an active component of dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technology, which is highly influential for the performance of DSSCs. The present study attempts to investigate the relationship between the shape of the sensitizer molecule and efficiency of DSSCs. Specifically, 17 different structures were investigated, and classified into four categories based on the shape of the dye molecule, namely L-shaped (linear), V-shaped, X-shaped and Y-shaped, and into two different categories based on the donor moiety. The five of studied structures contained a triphenylamine (TPA) donor moiety, and twelve structures contained carbazole (CAR) donor moiety. Parameters related to the performance of DSSCs such as absorption spectra, intramolecular charge transfer indices, frontier molecular

SUBMITTER: Krishnan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8694715 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature